Software QA Engineer Jobs in London

Software Quality Assurance Engineer
England > London

The median Software Quality Assurance Engineer salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 - 620
Rank change year-on-year - - +242
Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% - 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £42,500 £49,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.71% -17.92% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,491 22,247 33,558
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.13% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,485 16,728 24,644
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,097 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Software QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Software QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Engineer in London

Software QA Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Software QA Engineer in London

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Software QA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Software QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Appium
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Appium
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA